Web turns DDoS on anti-piracy groups

4chan's "Operation Payback".

Users of the 4chan message board users have launched distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on firms associated with the war on online piracy.

The websites of Indian software company Aiplex Software, which was hired to launched DDoS attacks on The Pirate Bay, and rights holder groups including the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) were knocked offline over the weekend in protest against relentless crackdown campaigns.

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